Good morning to you all on this first day of December. I know as you get older time passes quicker but this years seems to have raced past.
I received a very early Christmas card from a friend of mine you lives in Texas and I noticed in the enclosed letter that he had written the date as November 20, 2024. I used to work with him in London so it is obviously a habit he has adopted since living in the USA. It looks slightly odd to me so I wondered if the date at the heading of this thread looks slightly odd to our American friends? I guess it is odd in the way that swapping the fork from left to right hand to eat looks unusual to my eyes - not being critical it is just foreign - vive la difference)
Apart from that I have little to report, it is warm (25°) and moderately sunny today but hellish humid after all that rain (70%) - another 22mm last night. I have all the windows at the back of the house open to dry to dry out the bit of carpet, the humidity doesn’t help!
Can’t blame anyone but myself, at this time of the year (actually earlier) I check the gutters for leaves because the bush fire season has started but hadn’t got round to it. (Done now!)
As an Aside I had never realised that Alaska had a SE tail. I had always assumed that it was a longitude line N-S like our state borders (with an allowance for bad surveying and faulty watches).
Good morning all!
It’s still dark here in Sussex, the dawn cacophony has started, a sure sign that sunrise will soon be here. I’m with you big time regarding the passage of time Bruce. I’ve been thinking the very same over the past few days!
At the moment I’m juggling bits and pieces around in the front room, large pot plants etc so that we can have the Christmas tree next to our two armchairs. We’ll be decorating it later this afternoon after a couple of drinks in the pub and a spot of lunch
Good morning all, a very cold, cloudy start to the first day of December, well I can’t expect better, of course.
Those mince pies look yummy @Chilliboot, you’re the second one who’s mentioned mince pies after @OldGreyFox mentioned the m&s ones! I’m getting UK nostalgia, even if our panettone and pandoro are equally delicious I’m almost tempted to try and make mince pies
this year, I’ve never tried before. In London we used to buy M&S ones, fabulous! The recipe looks elaborate, but I need a challenge every now and then . @Bruce, we eat our pasta with a fork in right hand, unless you’re left-handed of course, but that’s obviously because we don’t need a knife to eat pasta unless it’s something you need to cut up like lasagne.
Have a good, hopefully not too cold, Sunday everyone.
Yes I do that too, I was more referring to the habit of using a knife and fork, cutting food up, then putting down the knife, swapping the fork to the right hand to eat. I have only seen it is US movies so I assumed it was a US thing. In other circumstances I use a spoon and fork but even then I keep the spoon in the right hand.
Of course it could just be me that finds it a bit odd.
I like mince pies too but Coles started selling them in July and they have been in the supermarket ever since
Good morning - It’s raining with the gloomy light that goes with it, so I won’t be doing anything that involves going out. I’ve got fairly interested in the snooker championship lately. I’ll most likely settle down to watch that this afternoon. Family might visit.
Morning all – wet and miserable this morning (the weather not me!) but not as cold as it has been
Mmm - mince pies! Love them, have been resisting buying them for the last month.
Full English breakfast this morning – well it is Sunday! Now trying to work up enough enthusiasm to clean the kitchen.
People on local radio talking about putting up Christmas decorations - am I the only one who thinks it is still a bit early?
Came back from shops yesterday to see my neighbour hanging Christmas lights on his garage, being “helped” by his 3 year old grandson! Such a cute little chap (the grandson not my neighbour!)
Received a wedding invitation from one of my husband’s nieces. I haven’t seen or heard from her since his funeral 13 years ago, the wedding is some distance away and would involve an overnight stay. Very kind of her to invite me but I am wondering how I can politely decline, will discuss with my sister in law when I see her next week!
Take care - hope everyone has a lovely restful Sunday
I think I’m right in saying that formally, your nationality is “British Citizen” if you were born in either England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Obviously if you find yourself chatting with a group of British people from different countries, there’s no harm in specifying: I’m English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish, just to show where you were born.
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It was a bit of humour on my part and I know what my passport says. But not everyone does. A little take. I went to Taiwan in business. The company there got me a local some local documents to show who I was and what I was doing there. British I said. They wouldn’t have it. It had to be English for them - there was concept of British for them. Goodness what they would made of a Scots man…
I’m almost tempted to try and make mince pies
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Love them, have been resisting buying them for the last month.
- am I the only one who thinks it is still a bit early?